A Hartford sex offender who attacked a teenage girl and later told police he planned to sexually assault her was ordered committed Monday to the maximum-security Whiting Forensic Hospital. Thomas J. Connors, 25, will be under the control of the state Psychiatric Security Review Board for 20 years,...

Our picks for 2018′s top 20 albums by Connecticut musiciansIn case you hadn’t been able to surmise from all the coverage it received in various places, including this one, the Connecticut music scene had a fantastic year for new music. It wasn’t just the quantity either. While there were literally hundreds of albums, EPs, and singles to take in, the overall... More

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Tens of thousands of demonstrators amassed in Washington and other U. S. cities on Saturday demanding an end to racism and brutality by law enforcement, as protests sparked by George Floyd's fatal encounter with Minneapolis police stretched into a 12th day.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls’ new top basketball executive wasn’t ready to make any announcements about the coaching staff on Saturday.
Arturas Karnisovas still has not met in person with head coach Jim Boylen. And that’s something he would like to do before going public with any decisions.
The coaching future of Boylen, a former guard at the University of Maine, is the biggest issue hanging over the Bulls, who were left out when the NBA’s Board of Governors approved a 22-team format to restart the pandemic-interrupted season next month in Orlando.

Tropical Storm Cristobal on Saturday dumped rain from Louisiana to the Florida peninsula as it moved through the U. S. Gulf of Mexico, prompting evacuations of several southeast Louisiana towns and dozens of offshore oil platforms.

Kurt Thomas, the first U. S. male gymnast to win a world championship gold medal, has died. He was 64.
Thomas’ family said he died Friday. He had a stroke May 24, caused by a tear of the basilar artery in the brain stem.
“Yesterday, I lost my universe, my best friend and my soulmate of 24 years.

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Police are searching for a person involved in a Thursday road rage incident that ended in gunshots on Route 1 in Presque Isle.
Presque Isle police said Caribou police contacted them at 5:45 p.m. on June 4, after a Caribou resident reported that someone had shot fireworks at his car while he was northbound on Route 1 in Presque Isle.
The victim and another car had begun a confrontation north of the Aroostook River Bridge as both vehicles traveled to Presque Isle from Caribou, police said.